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Marine Weather Discussion
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1110 AM EDT Mon May 4 2020

Marine Weather Discussion for the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea,
and Tropical North Atlantic from 07N to 19N between 55W and 64W
and the Southwest North Atlantic including the Bahamas

...GULF OF MEXICO...

Surface high pressure will prevail across the Gulf through Tue. 
A cold front will enter the northern gulf waters by Tue night, 
extend from the Florida Big Bend to near 27N90W Wed evening and 
exit the basin early Thu. A second front will sink along the 
northern Gulf Fri evening. Thermal troughs moving W from the 
Yucatan Peninsula will support fresh to locally strong winds on 
the Bay of Campeche each evening through Thu night. Otherwise, 
smoke from forest fires in southern Mexico may cause haze and 
reduced visibilities over the SW Gulf for the next several days.

...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN
55W AND 64W...

Surface ridging over the western Atlc will maintain fresh to 
strong trade winds over the S central Caribbean, and moderate to 
fresh winds over the remainder of the basin through Fri night, 
except for the NW Caribbean, where gentle to moderate winds are 
expected. Smoke from forest fires in Central America will reduce 
visibilities over the Gulf of Honduras and near the Yucatan 
Peninsula. 

...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...

A stationary front extending from 25N65W to 23N69W will 
dissipate today. The next cold front will enter the NW waters Wed
night and move SE to extend from 30N66W to central Cuba Thu 
night, and from 25N65W to the southern Bahamas by Fri night. 

$$

.WARNINGS...Any changes impacting coastal NWS offices will be
coordinated through AWIPS II Collaboration Chat, or by
telephone:

.GULF OF MEXICO...
     None.

.CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN
55W AND 64W...
     None.

.SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...
     None.

$$

*For detailed zone descriptions, please visit:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/abouttafbprod.shtml#OWF

Note: gridded marine forecasts are available in the National
Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) at:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/marine/grids.php

For additional information, please visit:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/marine

$$

.Forecaster JC Ocean Prediction Center/CM National Hurricane 
Center.